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Banana Boat Buddies: Athlete Activism in America

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As an emphatic speech from presidential nominee Donald Trump wrapped up the 2016 Republican National Convention on Thursday night, host city Cleveland settled into another hot and muggy, quiet midsummer evening. For all the cautious anticipation preceding the Convention that would take over the downtown area, the city kept relatively tame throughout. Cleveland had had some practice, after all, playing host to such astronomic events just weeks ago as the city cradled hordes of people gathered together in the same very streets to celebrate their first pro sports championship in half a century. But if you were visiting Cleveland this past week, you already knew about that from the fresh championship apparel sported by all the locals.